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LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer joins the Brick Fanatics Top 20
Dozens of new sets have just launched at LEGO.com, but one stands head, shoulders and trans-yellow canopies above the rest – and has now landed straight in Brick Fanatics’ Top 20 LEGO Sets List. We’re of course talking about 10497 Galaxy Explorer, a stunning recreation of a 43-year-old set produced specifically to celebrate the LEGO Group’s…
The LEGO Ideas 90th anniversary BIONICLE contest isn’t getting much traction
We’re almost a week into the submission window for LEGO Ideas’ 90th-anniversary BIONICLE contest, but it doesn’t seem to be getting much traction. The crowdsourcing platform is running a series of five contests in the run-up to the LEGO Group’s 90th anniversary, which falls on August 10. Four of those focus on the classic themes…
Latest LEGO Ideas 90th anniversary contest finally tackles BIONICLE
The LEGO Group is at last embracing BIONICLE for its fifth and final 90th-anniversary Ideas contest, which is now open for submissions. As expected, the five mini-contests – each of which offers its own 90th-anniversary prize haul – have now covered each and every one of the four finalists in last year’s LEGO Ideas poll,…
VIDEO: LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer review
Travel through both space and time with Brick Fanatics’ latest video review, as we head for Planet 1979 with LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer. We’ve fuelled up on nostalgia, strapped into the gleaming, trans-yellow cockpit and blasted off into the cosmos for the first 90th anniversary set launching in August, which reimagines the classic 497 Galaxy…
LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer review
LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer tackles a true classic for the 90th anniversary – but can it successfully push our nostalgia buttons while simultaneously delivering something fresh and new? If there’s one word that’s synonymous with old-school LEGO, it’s spaceship (spaceship, SPACESHIP!). Sure, classic LEGO includes much-loved themes like Castle (which is getting its own…
LEGO Classic 11022 Space Mission launches today in the US
The LEGO Group’s love-in with Space for its 90th anniversary continues (sort of) with 11022 Space Mission, which is now available online and in-store in the US. It’s the sixth standard LEGO Classic set to hit shelves this year – so, excepting the four new baseplate SKUs and the polybag 30510 90 Years of Cars…
Looking back at the modern Classic Space LEGO sets
The announcement of 10497 Galaxy Explorer is the latest in a long line of LEGO neo-Classic Space products. While the LEGO Group has produced many different LEGO sets in outer space, the Classic Space aesthetic seems to hold pride of place in our collective imagination. The primary colours and monochrome space suits have given it…
The LEGO Group needs way better printed elements from now on
An electronically-minded Twitter user has created a LEGO brick with an animated computer display, and it’s set our minds ablaze with possibilities. The LEGO Group is no stranger to printed control panels in its sets. The arrival of themes like Space demanded slope elements and other pieces with control interfaces, and dozens of designs have…
LEGO 10497 Galaxy Explorer rumoured for August release
Details of yet another LEGO Classic set are swirling, with rumours of 10497 Galaxy Explorer said to be releasing later this year. The winner of last year’s LEGO Ideas poll to choose a classic theme to resurrect for the company’s 90th anniversary will be revealed in August. However, recent rumours suggest that more than one LEGO…
